Starting multiple thread at the same time

Question

I have been trying to write some java application. What this application wants to run is processing a text file.

However, that input text file is large, (over 200mb) I t

Answer 1

worker1.run();

calls your run method directly. To start a thread (which calls your run method in the new thread), use:

worker1.start();

(similar for worker2/3/4)

Edit: I thought the workers were Threads, not Runnables. mvieghofer's answer is correct.